Africa will seek to present itself as a solution to the global warming crisis in a declaration to be signed by heads of state on Sept. 6 at the inaugural Africa Climate summit in Nairobi.
African leaders, under the auspices of the African Union, committed to tripling the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources to 60% by 2030 compared with 2019 levels, according to a copy of the draft document seen by Bloomberg.
The AU won’t comment on the Nairobi Declaration until it’s been discussed and adopted, spokesman Ebba Kalondo said by phone. They also emphasized the role Africa’s so-called carbon sinks — forested areas that absorb carbon — play in reining in climate change. The declaration states that most assistance is in the form of loans, even though many developing nations battle debt burdens. It criticizes the European Union’s planned Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism as being unfair because it will make the export of materials to the bloc from Africa powered by electricity generated with fossil fuels less competitive as charges will be imposed.
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